suck it and see

verb

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Meanings

verbsuck it and see (third-person singular simple present sucks it and sees, present participle sucking it and seeing, simple past sucked it and saw, past participle sucked it and seen)

present singular third person sucks it and sees · participle present sucking it and seeing · past sucked it and saw · participle past sucked it and seen

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalTry it out.

    THE old maxim for testing wild schemes is summed up in the immortal phrase “suck it and see”.

    1980 August 21, “Suck it and see”, in New Scientist, volume 87, number 1215, →ISSN, Forum, page 609
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APA

suck it and see. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suck%20it%20and%20see

MLA

“suck it and see.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suck%20it%20and%20see. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suck it and see,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suck%20it%20and%20see.

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